Railway-switch



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' A; MALM.

RAILWAY SWITCH.

No. 562,315.. Patented June 16, 18961.

Win11 huuw- I 5, dated June 1G, 1896.

atent No. 562,31

art of Letters P 413. (No inodel SPECFICATION forming p Applicationtiled February 29, 1896. Serial No. 581, To all, whom it may con/cern.-to the adjacent support 27 Beitknown tha' ,ANDREW "MALM, aeitir p cedside by side, it is inol thenited States,residingatTwollarbor s the sp1ing when placing 55 in the county oi Lake and State ot lllinnesota, t eand w thus compresse 5 have inventel ertai nei` and seul l t dencytostraighten out and in iovein ntsin RailwaySw tches, l do dell keep thesw'tch-b and switchclare the following to Jiull, cleai an desired posion lror either track et deseripti n ot th inven on, s d yoke inconnection with 6o enable o s skilled in the t to which it a will keepthe switch at the io peitains inake and u l aine, teren ell-cranks 13and 19, be l e nghadt the ccornpanying dr Ting por 26 through bolts or tthe figuies of. reiere arked theieon, having one :ar connecter whichfoiin l t of this p ciiication iods bengg c cted o lily inven i elatesto i proveine 21, they being piv ed on i iailwayswit h sandhas or itsobgect, tuati g devie s 17 and 23 beotlier things, o preven acci ent rln supports 24C, sec red t0 supiiinO o" th t ck s o ld tl eswitchbe opeLinks or bars 16 and 22 connec also t provic a switch wh ch c n beworked ci inks 1 an 21 with ctuating devices utoinatically by the eng orcars or non- 23. zo tornatic erated a lev r ration is as iollows:Suppose a train To these end yin e t on consists in ceichi g on tidetrack 2 2, the tain nove inechanisni co prising pi sitio a showii,thewheels actuating dei. ices by tl e acti n ot i cars in p ssing oveiactuat switch-iails re to atically shit 17 would depress said device anc5 one track to the other and niay alsob b l -cran 15, rod 14, a y alever, as hereinafter inorc ully set foi ld shift switch-bai 7, an(illustrated, nd pointed out i he claims ve a d in al nenien i ln theaccoinp nying drawin gs, d said iails would be eld i a lan vie ci thtracks, switch, piiiig in yoke 10 which is coi o tuating chaiiis Fig. 2's a dswit -ba 1i th tiain shou ti aiisverse section l view ot Fig i c 1and the switch sliou a detail pl sectie alview ot locki t foi line 22,the oper Ould be e 10 and springok pr cting s aine, a should the tiain approa sho n in g Fig. ai a enla g opposite c irection th switch 35verse sec al view oi Fig 3 on lines X ted through the lever a ier anyand Fig. 5 is a sideview ot Fi 1 o i ks. sc le. h s described inyinvention,w ln carrying out iy inven l e l claim as ne y', an des're toprotect by switch-bai 7, rranged to e tend transver ent oi the UnitedStates, is o under th switch-rails 3 3, and con n a railway-switch theoinbinatic link 5 t perat g-lever pivot d -loar attached to theswitch-rai G, sail block being secured to su ornatic locki g deviceconsisting suitable bolts 11,provid a slide having a s 1 is intended t pct the lockin p said slide and piv ed t a s 5 ior the switch r ted by iplaced a 3 ent aid s vitch-bai, a c e e 10. Said locking devi o cting dlockin01 device a yoke 9', secu ed to upport 2 the suppe t, a lev rconnec lbolt il. Said y airies sl'd 9*, d to the s Yitch-bar and pivispring 9" is placed Said slide a ket secured t said suppor 5o as a gu deior the spring e s id tially as d seri ed nd showt taehed to switch-b r7 yay rail ay-switch oinbim cured to the sw d a lockinon de ice p f tedt a supper switchliar 7 is se Ummm 1. me mviteh-ba1y two bell-cranks earand hinged l, pivoted to a support provided with plates for able supp eguidance o and support for the switch shown.

r e s o s ods eon- 111 presence of tWo Witnesses. neeted to otherbe11-emnks laced on Nunn t Orts, substamiffil'f:

, a@ I o said In testimony whereof I affix my secured t uppolt a ane omthe ANDREW MALM.

er be e nks neet d y a har Vitnesses: oi link t aetuati b l iee for theauto- CHARLES M. FLOATHE, io matie operation of the switch bythe engine01 JOHN OLSON.

